Red Rogue
Highgate Brewery Ltd
- From:
- Highgate Brewery Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 3.8%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.9 | pDev: 3.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 06, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 13, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
2.81/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.81/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
(Notes of 03/11/2008) Tasted by 1/3 pint at the John Russell Fox, a JDW pub in Andover, during the chain's beer festival; served by a non-sparkler pour.
A: reddish amber in colour, coming with a rimmed head and low carbonation.
S: pear-ish sourness dominates, with very little aroma maybe due to bad cellarmanship, while a light and random touch of nuttiness as of amber malts is subdued in the background; a swirl gives rise to sulphurous notes, and precious little else. Overall, the aroma lacks a focus, but not necessarily because the cask is not fresh.
T: quite fruity at the tip of the tongue (from amber malts and hops), turning slightly winey with a bit more thin-bodied fruitiness; fortunately, in the aftertaste a lengthy wave of bitterness of hops and (faintly) biscuity maltiness make up for the lack of a pronounced flavour profile.
M&D: lightly fizzy, thin-bodied, not at its prime but certainly not off-ish; overall, this ale fails on many fronts, most notably in lack of a supposedly richer aroma (four varieties of hops are used - Cascade, Challenger, Fuggles, and Progress) and proper flavour structure. The beerfest. programme describes this beer as a "Special Festival Brew", kind of shedding lights on the "experimental" characters I've just experienced from this glass.
Jun 13, 2009A: reddish amber in colour, coming with a rimmed head and low carbonation.
S: pear-ish sourness dominates, with very little aroma maybe due to bad cellarmanship, while a light and random touch of nuttiness as of amber malts is subdued in the background; a swirl gives rise to sulphurous notes, and precious little else. Overall, the aroma lacks a focus, but not necessarily because the cask is not fresh.
T: quite fruity at the tip of the tongue (from amber malts and hops), turning slightly winey with a bit more thin-bodied fruitiness; fortunately, in the aftertaste a lengthy wave of bitterness of hops and (faintly) biscuity maltiness make up for the lack of a pronounced flavour profile.
M&D: lightly fizzy, thin-bodied, not at its prime but certainly not off-ish; overall, this ale fails on many fronts, most notably in lack of a supposedly richer aroma (four varieties of hops are used - Cascade, Challenger, Fuggles, and Progress) and proper flavour structure. The beerfest. programme describes this beer as a "Special Festival Brew", kind of shedding lights on the "experimental" characters I've just experienced from this glass.
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